Type cabinet or the like



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM STEPHENS, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SAMUEL STEPHENS AND WICKERSHAM QUOIN COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A

CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

TYPEGALBINET OB THE LIKE.

Application led August 10, 1927. `Serial No. 212,012.

My present invention relates to equipment for composing rooms and more particularly aims to provide an improved type cabinet, case rack or stand, or the like for use by compositors, students of composing and others.

In the drawings illustrating by way ot example certain embodiments of my invention:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a type cabinet or the like in accordance with one `form of my invention, the lower portion of the cabinet being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thecabinet of Fig. 1 as viewed from eitherside Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cabinets of Figs.

1 and 2; and

Fig. 4 is a view correspondingV to Fig.` 1 illustrating a modified construction also embodying my invention.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings and first to Figs. 1 and 2, the invention is shown, for the purpose of illustration, in connection with a type cabinet, the body 1 ot which may be of any suitable standard or other form, with provision for thesupport of one, two or more tiers of type cases or draws, accessible at the front 2 of the cabinet intermediate the cabinet sides 3, 3. Supports for a single tier of such cases are indicated at 4 in Fig. 1. -Said type cases may be included in a single body as illustrated or, if desired, two or more structurally separate tiers may be placed together for use as a unit under a single cabinet top. If more than a single tier of cases is employed side-by-side, however, they should not substantially. exceed a standard single tier width, that is, a total width such as to enable compositors standing at the opposite sides ot the cabinet conveniently to reach larly useful with type cabinets or the like gen-` erally known as school cabinets or window cabinets, intended for use by two compositors,

and especially by student compositore working facing each other, one ateach side of the cabinet. Cabinets of this type are also` adapt- 2, are those opposed faces at rightangles to said front 2 of Fig. 1.

At the top of the cabinet, at the two opposite sides thereof, is provided any desired means tor holding the workland materials occupied. Such means may be in the form of inclined brackets 5, 5, etc., as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 or may be otherwise constructed, as in the form of a continuous work-bank along the respective side top portions of the cabinet.

Heretofore it has been necessary for compositors or students working at the sides ofa cabinet of this school or window'form to leave their working position to obtain spacing materials such as leads and slugs, going either to the front of the cabinet or to some other and still more distant point. In accordancewith m present invention I have provided means w ereby the person working at either sideiof .with which the respective `compositors are such cabinet may at all times have immediatelybefore him `an adequate supply of spacing materials, including lea ds or slugs or both.

Referring to 1, 2 and 3 said means preferably comprises one or more racks or rows of compartments, desirably vertically opening, extending `in a direction from front torear ot the `cabinet and substantially at right-angles to the cabinet front 2, with their vertical openings accordinglyfacing the compositor for whose use they are intended. In said Figs. 1 to I have shown a tier comprising two racks, each rack having a series of compartments, one rack for leads and i the other for slugs. As illustrated, the upper rack 6 with,compartments 'T is arranged to accommodate :fflugs in lengths from 1() to40 by ems, while the lower rack 8 having compartments 9 will accommodate a correspond` ing supplyot leads similarly arranged." The compartments of the two racks are desirably numbered with the appropriate size oflead or slug, as indicated at 10, 10. Depending upon the dill'erent circumstances and conditions under which the cabinets Will be used, a greater or less number of racks may be employed, with a corresponding variation in the supply of materials accommodated and it desired a single rack arranged to hold leads at one portion and slugs at another portion may be provided.

Said spacing materials rack or racks ot vertical opening compartments are disposed to tace the person working at the respective cabinet side, being supported in said position in any suit-able manner so as to be readily accessible. ln said F l, 2 and 3 they are shown by Way of example as positioned above and near the rear of the Work space at the respective top side portions oi the cabinet, Where they are supported as by the posts ll, l1 near the iront and rear ci the cabinet, respectively, and substantially centrally thereofrom side to side.

The row or rows ot compartments, or racks 6, 6, S, 8, for the tivo opposite sides of the cabinet, in the construction ot' Figs. l to3, are ,positioned back to back and oppositely, so that the shallower con'lpartments of one rack, for receiving the shorter leads or slugs, Will lie opposite the deeper compartments, for

receiving the longer leads and slugs, of the other rack, as clearly seen inFig. 3. The rear Walls l2 oit the several compartments thus lie along an inclined line in the manner readily apparent in said iigure.

Frein the foregoing it Will be understood that in accordance with my invention, each compositor, one working at each side of the cabinet, will have before him one or more lead racks or one or more slug racks, or both asin the construction illustrated, each such rack comprising a series oit compartments, preferably With vertical openings facing the respective sides although any other desired 'form ot' compartment, such as top opening, may be employed. The vertically opening construction, however, such as illustrated, is deemed preferable particularly in the case `ot leads and slugs.

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In 4 I have shoivn a somewhat modified construction wherein racks 13,13 com# prising compartments 14 and racks l5, 15, comprising compartments 1G, are set into the cabinetl along the opposite sides thereoi` and below the respective Working spaces. The compartments may be substantially similar to those described in connection With Figs. l to 3. Said construction oi Fig. 4 may be preferable in certain cases, tor example, Where it is desired to utilize substantially the entire cabinet top for Working purposes or 'for any other reason.

Vhatever be the precise location utilized, Whether that oi- Figs. l to 3, F 4 or other,

- I believe myself to be the `iirst to provide a type cabinet, Vcase rack or stand having a rack or rovv of vertically opening or other compartments tor leads and/ or slugs extend ing substantially at right-angles to the cal inet front and in the direction from iront to rear, thereby immediately accessible to a person working atside of the cabinet.

My invention is not limited to the particular embodiments thereof herein shown and described, its scope being set l'orth in the i'ollowing claims.-

I claim:

l. A type cabinet particularly adapted ior school purposes and/or tor use at or near a Window, comprising, in combination, type drawers mounted for insertion and Withdrawal at the cabinet Jfront, means along the opposite cabinet sides for holding the WorlrV of a compositor facing the cabinet at that side, and a plurality of opposed vertical lead and/or slug racks arranged back to back, one opening toward each cabinet side and eX- tending therealong substantially from iront to rear, whereby compositors Workin@Y one at each side of the cabinet may have bei-ore him a supply of leads and/or slugs, and may each Work at his cabinet side Without interference to the continued Working of one during removal or replacement of type drawers by the other.

2. In a type cabinet, case stand or the like, `one or more tiers of type drawers opening' at the cabinet front and having a total Width not substantially exceedingthat oi a standard single type-drawer tier, a working space along each side of the cabinet., and racks comprising each a series of compartments tor holding leads and/0r slugs, one or more of saidracls for each side oi the cabinet, oppositely disposed, extending in the direction from front to rear of the cabinet, and accessible respectively to persons Working one at each cabinet side, Twhereby a cabinet of not `greater than standard singleetier Width may be utilized simultaneously by tvvo persons Without interference to t-he continued Working of one during type-drawer removal or replacement by the other.

'3. In a type cabinet, case stand or the like, one or more tiers of type drawers opening at the cabinet front and having a total Width not substantially exceeding that ot a standard single type-drawer tier, a Working space along each side of the cabinet, and, for each side of the cabinet, tivo superposed raclrs each comprising a series oi vertically opening compartments, one raclr for leads and the other for slugs, said raclrs extending substantially at right angles to the cabinet iront, the racks for the two sides being oppositely vdisposed With their openings facing the rellO lli

spective cabinet sides, whereby said cabinet y as a whole, While not exceeding standard.V

single-tier Width, acconnnodates tivo Working persons, one at each side thercoi Without interference to the continued Working otone lil during type-drawer removal or replacement by the other.

4. In a type cabinet, case stand or the like, one or more tiers of type `drawers Opening at the cabinet front and having u total Width not substantially exceeding that of a standard single type-drawer tier, aV Working space along each side of the cabinet, and, for each side of the cabinet. a rack comprising a series of vertically opening compartments for leads or slugs, said racks extending substantially at right angles to the cabinet front,

being oppositely disposed and juxtaposed beck to back, and means on the cabinet to support said racks near the inner portions of 15 and above the respective Working spaces and substantially centrally of the cabinet from side to side, the letter having awidth not greater than such es to bring said centrally disposed racks Within ready reach of the 20 Workers at the respective cabinet` sides.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM STEPHENS. 

